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1. Prada in the Desert, Texas, USAIt seemed odd to many that Texas, the largest state in the USA, didn't have a Prada store. Well artists Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset agreed with this and decided to offer a solution of sorts. It came in the form of a Prada store with no door, in the Valentine deserts of West Texas, 26-miles from the town of Marfa. The display window shows off real shoes and handbags - you just can't buy them or go in the store!2. Island of the Dolls, Xochimilco, MexicoIf old dolls scare you at the best of times then you might want to give this one a miss. If not you might want to see this oddball exhibit for yourself, deep within the canal networks of southern Mexico. It's here where you'll find the long abandoned hideout of Don Julian Santana, who was ostracised to the island from the mainland, because of his drinking problem. The legend goes that a girl drowned in the nearby canal and in order to warn off her ghost, Don spent his lifetime trading vegetables for old dolls - which he then hung around the island3. Karni Mata Temple, Deshnok, IndiaTo some people rats are nothing but vermin or subjects to be used for advancing medical science, however to ot